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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jess eat for her first breakfast in Paris?

2. What brand of scarf does Sophie wear?

3. What herb does Ben crush during his first meeting with Sophie?

4. Jess notices which of the following smells when searching Ben's apartment?

5. What brand of shirt does Sophie wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jess note is her main problem in life (24)?

2. During their first meeting, Jess and Mendelson both order a particular drink. What is it and what is notable about it?

3. What does Jess see in the first-floor apartment from the vantage of the hidden staircase?

4. What security measures does Jess note on the gate to the building where Ben lives?

5. How does the novel explain the phrase "soleil de plomb"?

6. How does the concierge describe her lodgings?

7. How do Jacque and Sophie describe Ben to one another after Sophie's first meeting with Ben?

8. What warning does the concierge offer Jess as she makes for her first meeting with Mendelson (89)?

9. Why does Mimi note wanting to be more like Camille?

10. What reasons are given for separating Ben and Jess via adoption?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Assuming that The Paris Apartment should be standard reading for a given class and level, what class and what level? Why that class and why that level? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

For any character, explicate the significance of the character’s name.

Essay Topic 3

The novel consists of some 89 short chapters grouped largely by day of occurrence. What effect does this have on the reader? How is the effect achieved? Why might it be desirable?

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